Prof Salah Mesalhy Aly is the Chairman of the Lakes and Fish Resources Protection and Development Agency.  He is a member of the Livestock and Fisheries Research Council at the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology and the General Union of Arab Experts. 

Prof Aly is recognized as one of the top 2% of scientists globally for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. He is also a member of the General Union for the Protection of Wild and Marine Life in the League of Arab States and serves on the faculty boards of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Suez Canal University and the College of Fisheries at Suez University.

Prof Aly is the Chairman of the Regional Board of the US Soya Excellence Center and a member of the Board of Trustees at New Ismailia National University, Egypt. He also chairs the Marine Aquaculture Project Board in Egypt and is involved with the Egyptian Boards for Export/Import and Infectious Diseases at the Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt. He has published over 210 scientific research papers in local and international scientific journals and has supervised, participated in, and discussed more than 250 master's and doctoral theses. Additionally, he has published five scientific books in the field of pathology and has reviewed scientific research for more than 50 local and international scientific journals. Prof Aly has won 20 international research projects.

Previously, Prof Aly served as the Head of the Pathology Department at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, and Dean of the Fish Farming and Technology Postgraduate Research Institute at the same university. He was the Head of the Fish Health Program for Africa and West Asia and the Head of the Fish Diseases Department at the WorldFish Center. He has also been an expert consultant to three United Nations organizations, a coordinator for international cooperation at Suez Canal University, and a visiting professor at several European universities. Prof Aly has held the position of Professor and Head of the Medical Laboratories Department at Qassim University, Saudi Arabia.